The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Human Dimensions of Marine Resource Management.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 3,000.
Number of Respondents: 4,800.
Average Hours Per Response: 0.625.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a generic clearance for social science research related to the human dimensions of the utilization of living marine resources. This process has been initiated in order to expedite the approval process for future specific data collections.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit organizations; not-for-profit institutions; Federal government; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number 202-395-7285, or David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: November 26, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-30286 Filed 12-4-03; 8:45 am]
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